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S. 2688 (106th)

Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000

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7 June 2000

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends the Native American Languages Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to provide funds to Native American Language Educational Organizations, Native American Language Colleges, Indian tribal governments, or a consortia of such organizations, colleges, or tribal governments to operate, expand, and increase Native American Language Survival Schools throughout the United States and its territories for Native American children and Native American language-speaking children. Allows a School receiving such funds to: (1) include Native American Language Nest programs and other educational programs for students who are not Native American language speakers but who seek to establish fluency through instruction in such a language or to re-establish fluency as descendants of such language speakers; (2) include a program of concurrent and summer college or university education course enrollment for secondary school students enrolled in Schools; and (3) provide special support for such languages for which there are very few or no remaining speakers. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to such entities for the purpose of: (1) developing comprehensive curricula in Native American language instruction and instruction through such languages; (2) developing community Native American language use in communities served by Schools; and (3) providing programs in pre-service and in-service teacher training, staff training, personnel development programs, programs to upgrade teacher and staff skills, and community resource development training that include a component which has as its objective increased Native American language speaking proficiency for teachers and staff employed in Schools and Nests. Authorizes the Secretary to provide to such entities: (1) that have demonstrated excellence in the capacity to operate and administer a School and to ensure the academic achievement of School students funds for endowment funds and the rental, lease, purchase, construction, maintenance, or repair of facilities for Schools; and (2) that demonstrate the potential to become such Organizations funds for establishing Nest programs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds to establish two specified demonstration programs that will provide assistance to Schools and Nests at: (1) Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani College of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, in consortium with the 'Aha Punana Leo, Inc., and other appropriate entities; and (2) the Alaska Native Language Center of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, in consortium with other appropriate entities. Authorizes such demonstration programs to employ synchronic and asynchronic telecommunications and other appropriate means to maintain coordination and cooperation with one another and with participating Schools and Nests. Requires such programs to provide direction to the Secretary in developing site visit evaluation of Schools and Nests. Authorizes such programs to: (1) establish endowments for furthering their activities relative to the study and preservation of Native American languages; and (2) use funds to provide for the rental, lease, purchase, construction, maintenance, and repair of facilities. Authorizes appropriations.

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